In my day job, I'm a multimedia designer, and I have worked in advertising for over 25 years. I served in the Marines during the 1980s, and I'm now a senior NCO in the Air Force Reserve, deploying to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan, in addition to tours in the United States, Germany, and the Pacific, and I've visited the former Soviet Union several times. I've read a lot of the biggest names in the thriller genre. I like to think my books are different. Many authors don't realize how important faith is to members of our military, especially those deployed to the war zone. The protagonists in The Michael Neill Adventures are men of faith, and while they live out their religion, the books aren't preachy. I've also attempted to make the books character-driven, with attention to the locales. I stay true to the technology mentioned in the stories without getting bogged down in the details.